{"id":22589,"date":"2018-04-15T07:05:24","date_gmt":"2018-04-15T11:05:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/?p=22589"},"modified":"2026-04-23T07:15:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T07:15:18","slug":"cathay-pacific-credit-card","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/credit-cards\/airlines\/cathay-pacific-credit-card\/","title":{"rendered":"Increased Signup Bonus For Cathay Pacific Credit Card"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>The increased bonus on this card has ended.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>An increased signup bonus of up to 60,000 miles has been announced on the <a data-ccid=\"42\" href=\"\/blog\/link\/CathayPacificVisaSignaturecard\" rel=\"noopener nofollow sponsored\"><b>Cathay Pacific Visa Signature<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> card<\/b><\/a> through June 30, 2018. The <a data-ccid=\"42\" href=\"\/blog\/link\/CathayPacificVisaSignaturecard\" rel=\"noopener nofollow sponsored\"><b>Cathay Pacific card<\/b><\/a><a href=\"\/blog\/link\/CathayPacificVisaSignaturecard\" rel=\"noopener nofollow sponsored\"><\/a> is the only Asia Miles credit card available in the US and carries a $95 annual fee. This card is issued by Synchrony Bank, so <a href=\"\/credit-cards\/rewards-card-application-rules\/\">you don't have to worry about 5\/24, 2\/3\/4, 8\/65, or any other weird application rules<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img data-aspectratio=\"750\/235\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-22590 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Cathay-Pacific-Credit-Card-Increased-Bonus-Through-June-30-2018.png\" alt=\"Cathay Pacific Credit Card Increased Bonus Through June 30 2018\" width=\"750\" height=\"235\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Cathay-Pacific-Credit-Card-Increased-Bonus-Through-June-30-2018.png 975w, https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Cathay-Pacific-Credit-Card-Increased-Bonus-Through-June-30-2018-300x94.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"Improved_Signup_Bonus\">Improved Signup Bonus<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The signup bonus is tiered and will set you back $10,000 in spending to earn a total of 60,000 Asia Miles:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>35,000 bonus miles after spending $2,500 in the first 90 days of account opening<\/li>\n<li>Earn a further 25,000 bonus miles after spending an additional $7,500 in the first 12 months of card membership<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Maximizing your signup bonus will yield at least 70,000 miles (including the miles from meeting the spend requirement).<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"Key_Features\">Key Features<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>2X Asia Miles per dollar spent with Cathay Pacific<\/li>\n<li>1.5X Asia Miles per dollar spent on dining<\/li>\n<li>1.5X Asia Miles per dollar spent on overseas transactions<\/li>\n<li>$95 annual fee<\/li>\n<li>No foreign transaction fees<\/li>\n<li>Complimentary Green level membership to Cathay Pacific\u2019s Marco Polo Club<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span id=\"Stand_Out_Card_Features\">Stand Out Card Features<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The <a data-ccid=\"42\" href=\"\/blog\/link\/CathayPacificVisaSignaturecard\" rel=\"noopener nofollow sponsored\"><b>Cathay Pacific card<\/b><\/a><a href=\"\/blog\/link\/CathayPacificVisaSignaturecard\" rel=\"noopener nofollow sponsored\"><\/a> has two standout features. First, the increased earning (1.5X) on overseas spend combined with no foreign transaction fees. This can be lucrative if a significant amount of your overseas spending does not qualify for bonus category spending with other cards.<\/p>\n<p>Next, the Marco Polo Green membership entitles you to priority boarding, designated check-in counters, and 2 checked bags on flights to the Americas. You can purchase lounge access for 9,000 Asia Miles per person\u2014although this is a poor use of miles, and there are much <a href=\"\/credit-cards\/credit-cards-with-lounge-access\/\">better options for lounge access.<\/a> Maintaining your Green level membership <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cathaypacific.com\/cx\/en_US\/frequent-flyers\/about-the-club\/club-benefits.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">costs $100 per year or 20 club points<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"Redemption_Options\">Redemption Options<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Asia Miles awards are <a href=\"\/airlines\/best-points-miles-fly-new-york-london\/#6\"><strong>distance based and offer several sweet spots<\/strong><\/a>. Glancing at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.asiamiles.com\/en\/redeem-awards\/flight-awards\/flight-award-chart.html#AsiaMilesawardschart\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Asia Miles Award Charts<\/a>, you can redeem 70,000 miles for a one-way Business class fare from Hong Kong HKG to London LHR. Crossing the Atlantic, you can fly New York JFK to Paris CDG with American Airlines for 80,000 Asia Miles roundtrip in Business class.<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"Our_Take\">Our Take<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The <a data-ccid=\"42\" href=\"\/blog\/link\/CathayPacificVisaSignaturecard\" rel=\"noopener nofollow sponsored\"><b>Cathay Pacific Visa Signature<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> card<\/b><\/a> can be beaten on earning in almost every case by other cards. However, it still offers a solid range of benefits and earnings for a card with a $95 annual fee. The <a data-ccid=\"42\" href=\"\/blog\/link\/CathayPacificVisaSignaturecard\" rel=\"noopener nofollow sponsored\"><b>Cathay Pacific card<\/b><\/a>\u00a0should appeal to Asia Miles flyers, who have a large overseas spend on non-bonus categories.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ftoc\"><div id=\"toc_container\" class=\"toc_light_blue no_bullets\"><p class=\"toc_title\">Page Contents<\/p><ul class=\"toc_list\"><li><a href=\"#Improved_Signup_Bonus\">Improved Signup Bonus<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#Key_Features\">Key Features<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#Stand_Out_Card_Features\">Stand Out Card Features<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#Redemption_Options\">Redemption Options<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#Our_Take\">Our Take<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An increased signup bonus of up to 60,000 miles has been announced on the <b>Cathay Pacific Visa Signature\u00ae card<\/b>\u00a0through June 30, 2018. The <b>Cathay Pacific card<\/b> is the only Asia Miles credit card available in the US and carries a $95 annual fee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":14300,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_wpscppro_dont_share_socialmedia":null,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"default","_twitter_share_type":"default","_linkedin_share_type":"default","_pinterest_share_type":"default","_linkedin_share_type_page":"","_instagram_share_type":"default","_medium_share_type":"default","_threads_share_type":"default","_google_business_share_type":"default","_selected_social_profile":[],"_wpsp_enable_custom_social_template":false,"_wpsp_social_scheduling":{"enabled":false,"datetime":null,"platforms":[],"status":"template_only","dateOption":"today","timeOption":"now","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":"absolute"},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[12055],"tags":[12232,12769,14943],"coauthors":[36383],"class_list":["post-22589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-credit-cards","tag-card-offers","tag-cathay-pacific-asia-miles","tag-synchrony"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22589"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22589\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":259542,"href":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22589\/revisions\/259542"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22589"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=22589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}